Improvement in machines for examining and replacing cigars



[23,] JO SEPH LEVY. V improvement in Machines for Examining andRepacking Cigars. No. 118,541. v Patented Aug. 29, 1871.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE- JOSEPH LEVY, OF WVOLCOTTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,541, dated August29, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LEVY, of Wolcottville, in the county ofLitchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Machine for Examining and Repacking Cigars; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved machine, one side and one endbeing extended. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the sametakenthrough the line 00 at, Fig. 1.

My invention has for its object to furnish a simple and convenientmachine for removing cigars from the box, enabling them to be ex aminedwithout disturbing their relative positions, and repacking them in thesame or another box, enabling the work of removing cigars from one boxto another to be performed in one-tenth of the time heretofore required;and it consists in the construction and combination of the various partsof the box, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the base-plate of the machine, which is made of a length andbreadth a little less than the length and breadth of the smallest-sizedciganbox. To the four corners of the plateA are attached foursheet-metal plates B, the inner corners of which are cut out and theinner sides and ends turned up at right angles, thus forming groovesleading inward from the centers of the sides and ends of the plate A andmeeting in the center of the said plate A, as shown in Fig. 1. In thegrooves formed by the turned-up sides and ends of the plates B areplaced blocks C, which are secured in place adjustably by thumbscrewsand nuts D, which pass through holes in the said blocks C and throughhorizontal slots in the said turned-up sides and ends of the saidplates. B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This construction allows the endsand sides of the machine to be extended to adjust it for use with largerboxes. E are blocks placed in slots in the end parts of the plate A uponeach side of the end blocks 0,

and secured in place by thumb-screws F passing through slots in theplates B and screwing into nuts let into the said blocks E, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. G are sheet-metal plates secured in vertical positions tothe ends of the blocks C by thumb-screws H, which pass through verticalcross-slots in the plates G and screw into nuts let into the said blocksC, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. V v

In using the machine the plates G are raised and secured by tighteningthe screws H. The plate A is then placed squarely upon the top of thecigars to be removed, and the plates G, one at a time, are slipped downalong the inner surface of the sides and ends of the box containing saidcigars, and the screws H are again tight ened. The machine and cigar-boxare then inverted and the cigar-box is lifted oiif, leaving the cigarsbetween the four plates G. If the cigars are to be examined, one or boththe side plates G are detached by removing the screws H that secure thesaid plates, exposing the ends of all the cigars to view, and allowingany of them to be removed and examined and replaced without disturbingthe others. To repacl; the cigars in thelsame or another box the sideplates G are replaced, if they have been removed, and the box isinverted and slipped over the plates G. The box and machine are thenturned up and the plates G are raised and secured one at a time, leavingthe cigars in the box, each cigar being exactly in the same position inwhich it was at first.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of the base-plate A, flanged andslotted plates B, adjustable blocks C, adjustable blocks E, and slottedadjustable plates G with each other, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purposes set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 3d day ofJuly, 1871.

JOSEPH LEVY.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MOSHER.

